Security Analyst Jobs in England

Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Analyst salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 478 526
Rank change year-on-year +70 +48 -88
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 532 573 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.62% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.68% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 463 454 558
10th Percentile £36,500 £37,416 £33,986
25th Percentile £44,375 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £73,225
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Analyst in England

Security Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +85 218 £67,500 +12.50% 30
North of England +66 104 £45,000 - 12
South East +26 88 £50,000 +2.04% 13
North West +22 58 £45,000 -3.23% 6
South West +5 53 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Midlands -12 47 £47,250 -5.50% 6
West Midlands -14 27 £39,750 -20.50% 3
Yorkshire +76 24 £55,000 +37.50% 6
North East +14 22 £40,000 -
East Midlands -5 20 £52,500 +31.25% 3
East of England +1 19 £47,500 +11.76% 3
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 337 (63.35%) Cybersecurity
2 309 (58.08%) Information Security
3 215 (40.41%) SIEM
4 185 (34.77%) Firewall
5 165 (31.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 161 (30.26%) Azure
7 157 (29.51%) Microsoft
8 143 (26.88%) Security Operations
9 142 (26.69%) Incident Response
10 138 (25.94%) CISSP
11 123 (23.12%) NIST
12 108 (20.30%) Microsoft 365
13 100 (18.80%) Finance
13 100 (18.80%) Social Skills
14 97 (18.23%) Cloud Security
15 96 (18.05%) Vulnerability Management
16 89 (16.73%) Risk Management
17 84 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
18 83 (15.60%) Management Information System
19 77 (14.47%) Cyber Essentials
20 73 (13.72%) Incident Management
21 71 (13.35%) Windows
22 69 (12.97%) Law
23 68 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
24 64 (12.03%) GRC
24 64 (12.03%) Active Directory
25 63 (11.84%) Degree
26 61 (11.47%) Cyberattack
27 57 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
27 57 (10.71%) CISA

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (1.50%) Skype for Business
2 3 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 161 (30.26%) Azure
2 108 (20.30%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (9.96%) AWS
4 17 (3.20%) Entra ID
5 8 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (0.94%) SaaS
7 4 (0.75%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.56%) GCP
9 2 (0.38%) OCI
10 1 (0.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.19%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.19%) IaaS
10 1 (0.19%) PaaS
10 1 (0.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 185 (34.77%) Firewall
2 43 (8.08%) DNS
3 41 (7.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 40 (7.52%) Network Security
5 27 (5.08%) Internet
6 23 (4.32%) DKIM
6 23 (4.32%) DMARC
7 22 (4.14%) WAN
8 21 (3.95%) LAN
9 20 (3.76%) TCP/IP
10 18 (3.38%) VPN
11 13 (2.44%) SSL
12 11 (2.07%) VoIP
12 11 (2.07%) Wireless
13 9 (1.69%) SD-WAN
14 8 (1.50%) BGP
14 8 (1.50%) MPLS
14 8 (1.50%) OSPF
14 8 (1.50%) Reverse Proxy
14 8 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.69%) Burp Suite
1 9 (1.69%) Metasploit
General
1 100 (18.80%) Finance
1 100 (18.80%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.97%) Law
4 31 (5.83%) Legal
4 31 (5.83%) Retail
5 18 (3.38%) Banking
6 15 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (1.88%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.13%) Marketing
10 5 (0.94%) Advertising
10 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.75%) Automotive
12 3 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.38%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.88%) 802.1X
1 10 (1.88%) REST
2 8 (1.50%) SAML
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.38%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 83 (15.60%) Management Information System
2 61 (11.47%) Cyberattack
3 56 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (6.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 17 (3.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
7 15 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.88%) IoT
11 9 (1.69%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.50%) Client/Server
12 8 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.35%) Windows
2 27 (5.08%) Linux
3 26 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (63.35%) Cybersecurity
2 309 (58.08%) Information Security
3 215 (40.41%) SIEM
4 143 (26.88%) Security Operations
5 142 (26.69%) Incident Response
6 97 (18.23%) Cloud Security
7 96 (18.05%) Vulnerability Management
8 89 (16.73%) Risk Management
9 73 (13.72%) Incident Management
10 68 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
11 54 (10.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 52 (9.77%) Security Monitoring
13 51 (9.59%) Penetration Testing
14 49 (9.21%) Risk Assessment
15 48 (9.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 48 (9.02%) Security Management
16 46 (8.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 45 (8.46%) Application Security
18 44 (8.27%) Threat Intelligence
19 39 (7.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.76%) PowerShell
1 20 (3.76%) Python
2 10 (1.88%) Bash
3 3 (0.56%) C++
3 3 (0.56%) Java
4 2 (0.38%) SQL
5 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 138 (25.94%) CISSP
2 63 (11.84%) Degree
3 57 (10.71%) CISA
3 57 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
4 55 (10.34%) CISM
5 39 (7.33%) CompTIA CySA+
6 33 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (6.02%) CCSP
7 32 (6.02%) Security Cleared
8 30 (5.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (4.89%) CEH
9 26 (4.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 20 (3.76%) GIAC
11 18 (3.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 18 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (3.20%) CRISC
13 16 (3.01%) Master's Degree
14 15 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (2.07%) DV Cleared
16 10 (1.88%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (31.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 123 (23.12%) NIST
3 77 (14.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 64 (12.03%) GRC
5 51 (9.59%) GDPR
6 45 (8.46%) PCI DSS
7 35 (6.58%) NCSC
8 31 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 21 (3.95%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.69%) COBIT
11 6 (1.13%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.75%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.56%) ISO 31000
14 3 (0.56%) QA
14 3 (0.56%) TickIT
15 2 (0.38%) GLBA
15 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.38%) ITGC
15 2 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (12.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (5.64%) CASB
2 17 (3.20%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (2.44%) CSIRT
4 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.69%) Nmap
6 6 (1.13%) Nessus
7 5 (0.94%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) QRadar
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 157 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (2.26%) Splunk
4 11 (2.07%) Cisco
4 11 (2.07%) Qualys
5 10 (1.88%) Rapid7
6 8 (1.50%) CheckPoint
6 8 (1.50%) Ribbon
7 7 (1.32%) Proofpoint
8 6 (1.13%) Intel
8 6 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.75%) IBM
9 4 (0.75%) Varonis
10 3 (0.56%) Darktrace
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle
10 3 (0.56%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.38%) Facebook
11 2 (0.38%) Google
11 2 (0.38%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.38%) Sun